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B bungy Member Joined: Dec 17, 2005 Posts: 77	B bungy Posted posted on Wed, Dec 28, 2005 3:23 PM Re: Abraham, the pet pelican, "the funny old bird called a pelican, whose beak could hold more than his belly can, Oh! The heck he can!! !!! I think it was Ba (ben's mom) who came running into the house one day, screaming "I found a pelican up the beach who can't fly! I think something is wrong with his wing!" So all 4 of we girls went dashing up to rescue the pelican. Flo and Mare carried him down, while I held his beak, which was busy trying to peck at us. We hung a bunch of fishnet up and made a cage for him and put him in there with some water. Then, we dashed in the station wagon (a new woody!) down to the fishing docks in San Pedro, and bought him a bucketful of bait fish. Oh! How he did like that! My dad came along and gave us a lecture about how we can't hold someone from the wild in captivity, and that we should let him ( by this time Abraham Lincoln!) get out of the cage and see what he wants to do! When A. saw he was free to go, he couldn't fly still, so he was a bit shy.. but after a few days he realized that everyday after school, we'd head down to the fishing docks for his food, and he started waiting for us at the entrance to the Cove! pretty soon he got to where he could fly.. but still only just off the ground, so he'd fly alongside the car, squawking at us!! Then, he got really friendly and kept trying to follow us into the house! The entry hall was flag stone rocks (from our beach, naturally!) and shelves were loaded with mother's what nots of fine porceline etc!.. One day, he made it, and immediatly started flapping his wings and squawking and knocking everyhting off the shelves, until a couple of us were able to grab him, suppress the wings and get him outside oncemore.. after that he sat on the barrel outside the house and looked in really mournfully! He got to where he could fly out and catch his own fish, and then, he'd join other pelicans resting on the ocean! Right in front of the house. When friends would come visiting they'd ask where Abraham was, and we'd step to the beach, clap our hands and yell, "Abraham", and pretty soon, he'd take off from the midst of the other pelicans,, and land right at our feet! Soon, he started going off for a few days.. and returning,and then, a few more days etc. It was 2 months one time, and he returned and Daddy found a fish hook in his wing. He took it out, and Abraham stayed aorund until the next morning, then he took off and that was the last we saw of him!! We missed him a lot.. and even today, when we go to visit The Cove and we spot some pelicans resting on the ocean, one of us will step to the beach, and clap their hands, and yell, "Abraham!" and we all get a warm feeling in our hearts! I'll get to the rest of the numbered pix next time!!! Auntie Bungy

Re: Abraham, the pet pelican, "the funny old bird called a pelican, whose beak could hold more than his belly can, Oh! The heck he can!! !!!
I think it was Ba (ben's mom) who came running into the house one day, screaming "I found a pelican up the beach who can't fly! I think something is wrong with his wing!" So all 4 of we girls went dashing up to rescue the pelican. Flo and Mare carried him down, while I held his beak, which was busy trying to peck at us. We hung a bunch of fishnet up and made a cage for him and put him in there with some water. Then, we dashed in the station wagon (a new woody!) down to the fishing docks in San Pedro, and bought him a bucketful of bait fish. Oh! How he did like that!
My dad came along and gave us a lecture about how we can't hold someone from the wild in captivity, and that we should let him ( by this time Abraham Lincoln!) get out of the cage and see what he wants to do! When A. saw he was free to go, he couldn't fly still, so he was a bit shy.. but after a few days he realized that everyday after school, we'd head down to the fishing docks for his food, and he started waiting for us at the entrance to the Cove! pretty soon he got to where he could fly.. but still only just off the ground, so he'd fly alongside the car, squawking at us!! Then, he got really friendly and kept trying to follow us into the house! The entry hall was flag stone rocks (from our beach, naturally!) and shelves were loaded with mother's what nots of fine porceline etc!.. One day, he made it, and immediatly started flapping his wings and squawking and knocking everyhting off the shelves, until a couple of us were able to grab him, suppress the wings and get him outside oncemore.. after that he sat on the barrel outside the house and looked in really mournfully!
He got to where he could fly out and catch his own fish, and then, he'd join other pelicans resting on the ocean! Right in front of the house. When friends would come visiting they'd ask where Abraham was, and we'd step to the beach, clap our hands and yell, "Abraham", and pretty soon, he'd take off from the midst of the other pelicans,, and land right at our feet!
Soon, he started going off for a few days.. and returning,and then, a few more days etc. It was 2 months one time, and he returned and Daddy found a fish hook in his wing. He took it out, and Abraham stayed aorund until the next morning, then he took off and that was the last we saw of him!! We missed him a lot.. and even today, when we go to visit The Cove and we spot some pelicans resting on the ocean, one of us will step to the beach, and clap their hands, and yell, "Abraham!" and we all get a warm feeling in our hearts!
I'll get to the rest of the numbered pix next time!!! Auntie Bungy

Post #204775 by bungy on Wed, Dec 28, 2005 3:23 PM